I do it to get my kids to see that it's possible to live without all the techie stuff. With a machine for just about anything, my kids sometimes seems hard to believe that there was once a time not too long ago when there was no such thing as the Internet.

maximo wroteI do it to get my kids to see that it's possible to live without all the techie stuff. With a machine for just about anything, my kids sometimes seems hard to believe that there was once a time not too long ago when there was no such thing as the Internet.

I feel you. It took a while for my 6-year-old to get over what I call "computer withdrawal symptom" when we took him on his first camping trip last year. Thankfully now, the thrill of camping is starting to rub off on him. Now, he is even the first one who asks us when will go camping. :)